What was the impact of European exploration around the world in the 1500’s?

I. AFRICA

A. European explorers exploited the people and resources of Africa: Trading posts were set up on the coast of Africa The land and resources (gold, diamonds, etc.) were taken over. The people were sold into slavery.

What European influences can be found in Africa today?

II. ASIA

A. Europeans set up trading posts along the coast of Southern Asia. B. Trading companies owned by the Portuguese, Dutch, and British controlled the trade in Southeast Asia.

What European influences are found in Asia?

III. The Americas

A. The people and resources of the Americas were also exploited by the European explorers. ► The Aztec and Inca Empires were destroyed. ► European colonies were established.

B. The settlement of the Americas by Europeans introduced an exchange of products and resources between the Eastern and Western Hemisphere.

C. This exchange of products, ideas, and resources between the Eastern and Western Hemisphere became known as the Columbian Exchange.

D. What was the immediate impact of the Colombian Exchange?

1. European horses and cattle changed the lifestyles of American Indians 2. Western hemisphere products such as corn, potatoes, and tobacco changed European lifestyles. 3. Shortage of labor to grow cash crops led to the use of African slaves.

4. European diseases like smallpox killed many Native Americans.

E. Other outcomes of European exploration and settlement: A Commercial Revolution took place. A Commercial Revolution took place. European nations competed for overseas markets, colonies, and resources, creating new economic practices such as mercantilism. European nations competed for overseas markets, colonies, and resources, creating new economic practices such as mercantilism.

Mercantilism is the economic system of the major trading nations during the 16th, 17th, and 18th cent., based on the premise that national wealth and power were best served by increasing exports and collecting precious metals (gold and silver) in return. Mercantilism is the economic system of the major trading nations during the 16th, 17th, and 18th cent., based on the premise that national wealth and power were best served by increasing exports and collecting precious metals (gold and silver) in return.

What was the long-term impact of European Exploration? What was the long-term impact of European Exploration?

Which of the following became important New World contributions to the world’s food crops? a. wheat and barley b. rice and sugarcane c. oats and millet d. corn and potatoes

Which of the following statements describes the economic policy of mercantilism? a. it downplayed the role of government in stimulating economic growth b. it discouraged the establishment of overseas colonies c. it encouraged trade by abolishing laws that regulated it d. it supported strengthening national economies by exporting more goods than were imported

Which was an immediate outcome of the European Age of Exploration? a. Islamic culture spread across Africa and Asia b. European influence spread to the Western hemisphere c. independence movements developed in Asia and Africa d. military dictatorships were established throughout Europe

In Latin America during the early period of Spanish colonialism, the deaths of large numbers of the native people resulted in a. a decline in Spanish immigration to the Americas b. the removal of most Spanish troops from the Americas c. the importation of slaves from Africa d. improved health care in the colonies